About David Mark Neuhaus SJ
Rev. Dr. David Mark Neuhaus SJ is a member of the Society of Jesus (Near East Province) and is a member of the Jesuit community in the Holy Land. He teaches Scripture at the Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Beit Jala, at Bethlehem University, at the Salesian Theological Institute in Jerusalem and in numerous other frameworks.
He completed a BA, MA and PhD (Political Science) at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He then completed pontifical degrees in theology and Scripture in Paris (Centre Sevres) and Rome (Pontifical Biblical Institute).
He served from 2009 to 2017 as Latin Patriarchal Vicar for Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel and as coordinator of the Pastoral Among Migrants within the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Daily life in Palestine/Israel brings me into relationships with Jews, Christians and Muslims. The ongoing challenge in the land is to create oases of faith, prayer, commitment to equality, justice and peace for all in this land.
Books by David Mark Neuhaus
– Justice and the Intifada: Palestinians and Israelis Speak Out (eds. Kathy Bergen, Ghassan Rubeiz and David Neuhaus), New York: Friendship Press, 1991.
– The Land, the Bible and History (with Alain Marchadour), New York, Fordham University Press, 2007.
– Writing from the Holy Land, Jerusalem, STS Publications, 2017.
– A Child Born for Us: the Infancy Gospel (with Debbie French and Terence Creamer), Mahwah, Paulist Press, 2025.
– The Gospel: Would one book not have been enough (with Debbie French and Terence Creamer), Johannesburg, Jesuit Institute South Africa, 2025.
– Conquest or Leaven: Reflections of a Catholic Priest in Palestine/Israel, Johannesburg, Jesuit Institute South Africa, 2025.
Articles by David Mark Neuhaus
– “Jewish Israeli attitudes towards Christianity and Christians in contemporary Israel,” in World Christianity: Politics, Theology, Dialogues (eds. A. Mahoney and M. Kirwan), London, Melisende Press, 2004, 347-369.
– “A Holy Land Context for Nostra Aetate” (with Jamal Khader), Studies in Jewish Christian Relations, vol. 1 (2005-6), 67-88.
– “What might Israelis and Jews learn about Christians and Christianity at Yad VaShem,” in Thomas Michel (ed), Friends on the Way: Jesuits encounter Contemporary Judaism, New York, Fordham University Press, 2007, 166-178.
– “Catholic-Jewish Relations in the State of Israel: Theological Perspectives,” in Anthony Mahoney and John Flannery (editors), The Catholic Church in the Contemporary Middle East, London, Melisende Press, 2010, 237-251.
– “Engaging the Jewish People – Forty Years since Nostra Aetate,” Karl Becker and Ilaria Morali (editors), Catholic Engagement with World Religions: A comprehensive study, New York, Orbis Books, 2010, 395-413.
– “Jewish-Christian Relations in West Asia: History, Major Issues, Challenges and Prospects,” in Felix Wilfred (ed), The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia, Oxford University Press, New York, 2014, 368-378.
– “Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Israel Today: When Jews are the Majority,” in Ron Kronish (editor), Coexistence and Reconciliation in Israel: Voices for Interreligious Dialogue, New York, Paulist Press, 2015, 73-85.
– “Israel” in Kenneth Ross, Mariz Radros and Todd Johnson (editors), Christianity in North Africa and West Asia, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2018, 127-139.
– “Harvests and Horizons, An Appraisal of Nostra Aetate Para. 4,” in K. Ellis (ed), Nostra aetate, Non-Christian Religions and Interfaith Relations, London, Palgrave McMillan, 2020, 67-87.
– “A Life in a Wounded Land,” in Philip Cunningham, Ruth Langer, Jesper Svartvik (eds), Enabling Dialogue about the Land, New York, Paulist Press, 2020, 213-228.
– “Judaism and Christianity,” in Mitri Raheb and Mark Lamport (eds), Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East, Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield, 2021, 116-126.
– “Where to from Here? Continuing Challenges in Jewish–Catholic Conversation” Religions 2021, 12(11)
– “A Catholic Perspective on the People, Land and State of Israel,” in Gavin D’Costa and Faydra Schapiro (editors), Contemporary Catholic Approaches to the People, Land and State of Israel, Washington DC, Catholic University of America Press, 2022, 169-190.
– “The Holy See and the Holy City,” Islamochristiana 50 (2024), 53-75.
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